2025 Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC)
Overview
Mark your calendars, the Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC) will be held a few weeks earlier this year on Tuesday, April 22, 2025!
The VRIC emphasizes the exchange of basic and translational vascular science that stimulates thoughtful discussion and motivates participants to discover solutions to important problems affecting vascular patients. The VRIC brings together vascular surgeons, vascular biologists, physicians with an interest in vascular problems, vascular surgery trainees and research trainees in vascular surgery and vascular biology.
The VRIC will be held in conjunction with the American Heart Association's Vascular Discovery 2025 Scientific Sessions From Genes to Medicine, also held at the Marriott Baltimore Waterfront (April 22-25, 2025). The SVS has teamed up with AHA to offer these two exclusive meetings in the same location and timeframe to help save attendees on travel costs; however, please note the VRIC and Vascular Discovery are two separate conferences with separate registration fees.
2025 Alexander W. Clowes Distinguished Lecturer
Ulf Hedin, MD |
Dr. Ulf Hedin, a renowned surgeon-scientist and professor in the Department of Vascular Surgery at Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institute, will deliver the Alexander W. Clowes Distinguished Lecture at VRIC25. Dr. Hedin brings a wealth of expertise, having served as chairman of Karolinska's Department of Vascular Surgery from 2010 to 2016. His leadership extends across the European Society of Vascular Surgery (ESVS), the Vascular Access Society, and various Swedish health organizations. He also serves as an associate editor for the Journal of Vascular Surgery–Vascular Science (JVS-VS).
Stay tuned for more details, including Dr. Hedin’s insights and reflections, as he prepares to honor Dr. Clowes's legacy.
Submit an Abstract
Click here to submit an abstract! The deadline to submit abstracts has been extended through Monday, Dec. 2, at 7 p.m. EST. Researchers are invited and encouraged to submit abstracts for this year’s conference!
Abstract submissions will be accepted through the Vascular Discovery abstract portal. In order to submit an abstract to the VRIC you will need to create a free account with the America Heart Association (AHA), or sign into your AHA account. There is a non-refundable $49 fee to submit an abstract to the VRIC and/or Vascular Discovery. This fee allows researchers to submit one abstract to one or both meetings.
Vascular Research Initiatives Conference Trainee Award
Attending VRIC 2025 as a trainee? Top-scoring abstracts submitted to the VRIC by trainees will be considered for the Vascular Research Initiatives Conference Trainee Award. You must submit your abstract by Dec. 2, at 7 p.m. ET to be considered. Learn More.
Registration
Registration will open in late 2024/early 2025.
Questions?
Email the SVS Education Department.